The Role of Dissonance and Harmony in one L2 Learner’s Identity Development during a Language Camp Experience Abroad

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ii Teachers must be open to the differing ideas that the students will bring to a discussion or a writing exercise. Fernsten (2008) found that often, teachers and peers were trying to re-write the ideas of her students to conform to the accepted classroom discourse without trying to find out where the ideas where coming from. Students need to know that they have voices that can respectfully contest the authority of authority figures (including authors) and peers, which allows them to affirm or challenge their identity in the academic setting.